Results From Schuylkill, Monroe Counties

Incumbent Republicans were successful in Schuylkill Township at Tuesday's general election for supervisor and tax collector.

Joseph A. Zelinsky was returned for another six-years as a township supervisor by defeating Democrat Joseph B. Blickley, 303 to 214 votes.

In the battle for tax collector, incumbent Maureen E. Vanek easily defeated Democrat Bridget M. Leskin for another four years as tax collector by 411 to 11 votes.

WEST PENN

The lone battle in West Penn Township was for the position of tax collector at Tuesday's general election.

Republican William Reed Jr., a newcomer to the political arena, defeated another newcomer, Democrat Marlin G. Zehner, for a four-year term as tax collector, 579 to 270 votes.

Incumbent Republican Curtis Houser was unopposed for another six-year term as a township supervisor and received a total of 727 complimentary votes.

RUSH

A local businessman and an incumbent were winners in Tuesday's general election in Rush Township.

Democrat S. Paul Fegley, a heavy equipment operator at the Panther Valley Division of Bethlehem Mines at Tamaqua and owner of an excavation, hauling and septic tank pumping firm in Grier City, squeezed out a one-vote decision over incumbent Republican Chester Purnell, 512 to 511 votes.

Fegley was unsuccessful in his bid two years ago to secure a seat as township supervisor.

Purnell, who has been serving as chairman of the supervisors the last eight years, is completing his third term as supervisor.

In the other township contest, incumbent Republican Mary Nevenglosky easily defeated Democrat Charles Barnes, 630 to 395, for another four years as tax collector.

TAMAQUA

Tamaqua Republican Mayor William W. Yost was re-elected to his fourth term in Tuesday's general election and an incumbent councilman was returned along with a former councilman and a newcomer.

The 73-year-old mayor turned back Democrat Joseph Raggio, 1,406 to 1,029. Four years ago, the two met with Yost winning by a slim margin.

Three council seats were up for grabs and incumbent Democrat Jerome P. Knowles, a grocery store owner, was re-elected. He received 1,400 votes to win another four-year term along with former Republican Councilman Gus Konstas, with 1,462 votes, and Republican newcomer Patricia Freeh Stefanek, with 1,187 votes.

Coaldale voters elected a Democratic mayor, but turned their backs on three Democrats running for council, including the council president, in Tuesday's general election.

Instead, they voted three Republicans - an incumbent and two newcomers - to the council seats.

The new mayor of the community is Democrat Thomas E. Boyle, 61, a retired employee of General Motors Corp. in Linden, N.J. He defeated Republican Councilman James R. Arner, 492 to 372.

Republican Mayor Theodore Bortnick did not seek re-election.

Geno Poli, the council president who lost a Republican nomination in the primary election but won the Democratic nomination via the write-in method, was among the Democrats defeated. He received 396 votes.

Winning the three four-year seats up for grabs were Republicans incumbent Clarence Keich, with 426 votes, and newcomers Warren G. Balliet, 515 votes, and Robert B. Hoben, 475 votes.